Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9300-$38 10,428 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 76.6 1-Core 35.7 2-Core 71.5 42% 61.3 Pts	4-Core 142 8-Core 142 19% 142 Pts	64-Core 142 9% 142 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1,404 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 1286) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvidia STRIPE 1.81T 2TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 1.5TB free (System drive) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 132 Write 139 Mixed 137 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 3.66 4K Mixed 0.72 199% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DRAM Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	17.6% Very poor	MC Read 4.5 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 4.1 14% 5.07 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 5.9 16% 5.77 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 45%

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16